Coal-chute



2 Sheets Sheet 1.

Patented Jan. 6, 1885;

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J. HEATHERINGTON.

(No Model.)

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

J. HEATH'ERINGTON. GOAL GHUTE. No. 310,278. Patented Jan. 6,1885.

UNITED- STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB HEATHERINGTON, OF BELLAIRE, OHIO.

COAL-CHUTE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,278, dated January 6,1885.

Application filed November 12,1884. (No model.) 7

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB HEATHERING- TON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bellaire, in the county of Belmont and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ooal-0hutes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to c0al-tipples, or means whereby coal may be directed from a bin or other receptacle into a boat; and it consists in the novel construct-ion, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view, and Fig. 3 a plan View, of a device embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a side view of same mounted on a flat-boat. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of one of the trough-supporting frames.

In theloading of coal-barges, steamers, &c., it is usual to conduct coal from bins located above the waterway through troughs; and it is an object of my invention to so arrange and support such troughs as to expedite such op eration and render it easier.

In carrying out my invention I usually employ a flat-boat, A, between the coal-barge and the bins.

In Fig. 2 I have shown the bin-spout B,

. through which the coal passes to the trough.

The main frame of my device is mounted on wheels 0, rolling on rails on the flat-boat A, so the said frame may be moved from one bin to another, or from one to another part of the boat being loaded. The main frameis provided on its two opposite sides with standards D D and D D. The supporting-frame E is held and movable vertically between the standards D. A roller, B, may bejournaled within this frame E, near its lower end. The standards D are arranged 011 the rear sides of the machine. I therefore term them the rear standards, and the frame Ethe rear supporting-frame. Thefrontframe,F,is held and movable vertically between the standards frame and rests on the roller F D A. In this supporting-frame I arrange a supplemental or minor frame, F, pivoted at its top and bottom to the supporting-frame, so it can turn or rotate in a horizontal plane. A roller, F", may be journaled in this supplemental frame in position to form a bearing for the spout. The frames E F may be elevated, respectively, by windlasses G H, journaled in the lower end of the frame, and each connected with the frame it operates by ropes passed over suit-able anti-friction pulleys, as shown most clearly in Fig. 1. By these windlasses the supporting-frames may be independently adjusted to any suitable height desired, and may be held at such height by pawls engaging a ratchet on the windlasses. Roller-shafts I I are journaled in the main frame, near its bottom, and parallel with the frames E and F, on which the lower trough may be supported. The upper trough, J, has its upper end supported in and movable through the frame E, and its lower end is suspended on or secured to the frame F, preferably by means of the bail J. By adjusting the frame E the upper end of the trough J may be set to properly register with and receive coal from the binspout B. The lower end of the trough J, being adjustable with the front supporting-frame F, may be raised or lowered to suit the height of the boat being loaded. The lower trough, K, is movable through the front supporting- I by preference connect the inner end of the trough with the main frame by a rope, as K, to prevent its detachment from the framing. It will be seen that the trough K may be swung, as indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 3, so as to deliver the coal received from trough J into different parts of the boat.

My machine is simple, and. will efficiently direct the coal. It will be seen that the receiving end of the upper spout may be adjusted to register with the bin-spout without affecting the discharge end of the said upper trough, and this discharge end may in turn be adjusted to suit the height of the boat being loaded.

By means of the swinging supplemental frame the trough K may be conveniently swung so as to discharge the coal into different parts of the boat, as may be desirable.

It is preferred to mount the main frame on ICO a flat-boat or other floating support, as therei by the frame rises and falls with the tide, like the boat being loaded, and it is held in convenient position for loading the boats at all' conditions of water, no matter whether the tide be high or low, which obviously would not be the case were the main frame on the land or other fixed support.

When one bin has been emptied, the frame may be moved along in position to discharge another, or, when desired, the frame might be fixed on the flat-boat and the latter be moved along from time to time beside the bins.

Having thus described my invention, what I'elaim, and desire to secure by Letters'lPatent, 1s

1. The combination, with a main frame, of the front and rearsupportirig-trames, adjustable vertically and independently of each other, and the upper and lowertroughs, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of a flat-boat or float, a main frame mounted thereon and provided with trough-supports, and the troughs, substantially as set forth.

3. Thecombination of the main frame, the supporting-frame, adjustable vertically, and provided with anti-friction rollers, and the troughs, substantially as set forth.

4. In a coal-discharge, atrough-supporting frame pivotally supported, whereby it may be rotated in an approximately-horizontal plane, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with the vertically-adjustable frame F, of the frame F, pivotally supported therein, whereby it may be rotated in an approximate]y-horizontal plane, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, with a main frame, of a trough-support held and adjustable vertically therein, substantially as set forth.

7. The combination, with the main frame, of the trough l; and the anti-friction roller, or roller I, substantially as set forth.

8. A coal discharge comprising a main frame, front and rear supportingframes held and movable vertically in said frame, windlasses, whereby said frames may be raised to and held at any desired point, and the trough, V

substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Iii: JACOB HEATHERINGTON.

mark. h \Vitnesses:

.T. F. ANDERSON, 

